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I know earthquakes are a little off-topic for the Boatnerds, but there was a lake freighter (the Henry Steinbrenner ) mentioned in the news story! Just as there would be today, there was a “media frenzy” (the 1906 version of fake news) in the wake of the April 18, 1906, San Francisco earthquake. The...

Here's a link to an August 2017, Times Herald article about the boardwalk rebuild.

https://www.thetimesherald.com/story/ne ... 547900001/

Was in Sarnia yesterday and Algoma Enterprse is at the Government dock with Algowood rafted to her. Also noticed tires hanging off outboard side, I imagine Algosteel will raft off her when she is done. You imagined right. Here's a photo of the tug Pride nudging the Steel into place Thursday afterno...

Excellent.
Thanks for posting Mr. Lafferty.

You'll soon see plenty of bow shots of her once she makes her way thru the Seaway Denny. If and when she travels to the upper lakes I will be sure to make it my goal to get some good 'bow - on' photos to share on the Boatnerd site. By then though I'm afraid they'll be old hat.

Another photo of the Algoma Strongfield popped up on MarineTraffic.com a couple of days ago.

Link to photo:

http://photos.marinetraffic.com/ais/sho ... id=2666847

Photographing is a lot of fun and can be a risky adventure depending on the locale. Unfortunately, the best spots to view and photograph the ‘Boats’ are by their very nature – usually isolated and lonely locations. Urban areas have their own set of dangers - rural and remote country locations have t...

Thanks Garbear and Denny. After about (3) days with no luck getting photos, I went to MarineTraffic just now and was able to view everything. Photos are now downloading. - still using my IE browser. (did a Windows update yesterday, maybe that was the lucky charm) I'm not a fan of Google Chrome, but ...

Anyone else having problems with the Marinetraffic.com web site?

Haven't been able to download ANY of their photos for a couple of days - rest of the site seems to be working.

Boatnerd winter lay-up list shows that she entered lay-up at Cargill dock on January 20, 2017.

Is Granite Island below the curvature of the Earth from Marquette? The rule of thumb I remember is, a 6ft. tall man, standing on a beach, level to the water, will see the horizon as being 3 miles out. According to Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granite_Island_(Michigan) Granite island is ...

It’s the Granite Island Lighthouse.
The phenomenon is called ‘Fata Morgana’.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fata_Morgana_(mirage)

.....or maybe the ' Flying Dutchman' ?

According to defense-aerospace.com the Navy is giving up on the LCS and turning the first 4 into training ships. http://www.defense-aerospace.com/article-view/release/176873/us-navy-drops-lcs-plans%2C-concept-after-latest-failures.html Here's another link about the future USS Detroit (LCS 7) and oth...

Old Sailor wrote:Where can one obtain seat tickets to the Christening of the USS Detroit on Oct. 22nd?

Good luck. Here's the link.

http://ussdetroitlcs7.com/index.php?i=Tickets

Is it just me, or are ships on the Great Lakes flying fewer flags these days?

I noticed a lack of House Flags, Courtesy Flags and even Ensigns being displayed. Some vessels don't seem to be flying anything anymore.

[quote="Wawatam"]MarineTraffic.com lists her as 220 meters which is just shy of 663 feet.

CORRECTION - Looks like I converted it right but transposed the 2's - It's listed as 202 meters which is still just shy of 663 feet.

MarineTraffic.com lists her as 220 meters which is just shy of 663 feet.

http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/det ... MANITOULIN

I vote for Agawa Canyon. It says it all.

And I agree, Algoma Niagara does have a nice ring to it! Put it on my list.

Dumb question here . . . WHY do they change the name to scrap the boat? I understand about reflagging it since the company has given up ownership but why abbreviate the name? There are no dumb questions. After a name change for the trip to the breakers, the easiest and cheapest way to do it, is to ...

Most often, the trip to the breakers is undertaken by a third party, not the new owner. This sometimes requires that it be re-registered, usually under a new name. Painting over a few letters of the original name to come up with a new one is an expedient solution. It’s also possible that the origina...